Makes it possible to add extra spaces between the Action and the text…

karate-core/src/main/java/com/intuit/karate/ScenarioActions.java

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public void configureDocString(String key, String exp) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^configure ([^\\s]+) = (.+)")
+    @When("^configure\\h+([^\\s]+)\\h+= (.+)")
     public void configure(String key, String exp) {
         engine.configure(key, exp);
     }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void path(String exp) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^param ([^\\s]+) = (.+)")
+    @When("^param\\h+([^\\s]+)\\h+= (.+)")
     public void param(String name, String exp) {
         engine.param(name, exp);
     }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void params(String exp) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^cookie ([^\\s]+) = (.+)")
+    @When("^cookie\\h+([^\\s]+)\\h+= (.+)")
     public void cookie(String name, String value) {
         engine.cookie(name, value);
     }
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public void csvDocString(String name, String exp) {
     }    
 
     @Override
-    @When("^header ([^\\s]+) = (.+)")
+    @When("^header\\h+([^\\s]+)\\h+= (.+)")
     public void header(String name, String exp) {
         engine.header(name, exp);
     }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public void headers(String exp) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^form field ([^\\s]+) = (.+)")
+    @When("^form field\\h+([^\\s]+)\\h+= (.+)")
     public void formField(String name, String exp) {
         engine.formField(name, exp);
     }
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ public void replace(String name, List<Map<String, String>> table) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^replace (\\w+).([^\\s]+) = (.+)")
+    @When("^replace\\h+(\\w+).([^\\s]+)\\h+= (.+)")
     public void replace(String name, String token, String value) {
         engine.replace(name, token, value);
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^def (\\w+) = (.+)")
+    @When("^def \\h*(\\w+)\\h+=\\h+(.+)")
     public void def(String name, String exp) {
         engine.assign(AssignType.AUTO, name, exp, false);
     }
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public void def(String name, String exp) {
     @When("^def (.+) =$")
     public void defDocString(String name, String exp) {
         engine.assign(AssignType.AUTO, name, exp, false); // auto-parse json and xml
-    }    
+    }
 
     @Override
     @When("^text (.+) =$")
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public void assertTrue(String exp) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^method (\\w+)")
+    @When("^method\\h+(\\w+)")
     public void method(String method) {
         engine.method(method);
     }
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public void print(String exp) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^status (\\d+)")
+    @When("^status \\h*(\\d+)")
     public void status(int status) {
         engine.status(status);
     }
@@ -330,13 +330,13 @@ public void match(String exp, String op1, String op2, String rhs) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^set ([^\\s]+)( .+)? =$")
+    @When("^set\\h+([^\\s]+)( .+)? =$")
     public void setDocString(String name, String path, String value) {
         engine.set(name, path, value);
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^set ([^\\s]+)( .+)? = (.+)")
+    @When("^set\\h+([^\\s]+)( .+)?\\h+= (.+)")
     public void set(String name, String path, String value) {
         engine.set(name, path, value);
     }
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public void set(String name, String path, List<Map<String, String>> table) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    @When("^remove ([^\\s]+)( .+)?")
+    @When("^remove\\h+([^\\s]+)( .+)?")
     public void remove(String name, String path) {
         engine.remove(name, path);
     }

karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/FeatureRuntimeTest.java

@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ void testAbort() {
         match(fr.result.getVariables(), "{ configSource: 'normal', functionFromKarateBase: '#notnull', before: true }");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testAlign() {
+        run("align.feature");
+        System.out.println(fr.result.getVariables());
+        match(fr.result.getVariables(), "{ configSource: 'normal', functionFromKarateBase: '#notnull', text: 'hello bar world' , cats: '#notnull', myJson: {}}}");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testFailApi() {
         fail = true;

karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/align.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Feature:
+
+  Scenario:
+    * assert      'red ' + 5         ==  'red 5'
+    * table       cats
+      | name   | age |
+      | 'Bob'  | 2   |
+    * match       cats               ==  [{name: 'Bob', age: 2}]
+
+    * def         text               =   'hello <foo> world'
+    * replace     text.foo           =   'bar'
+    * match       text               ==  'hello bar world'
+    * print       text
+
+    * def         myJson             =   {  foo: 'bar' }
+    * set         myJson.foo         =   'world'
+    * match       myJson             ==  { foo: 'world' }
+    * remove      myJson.foo
+
+    * configure   logPrettyResponse  =   true
+    * param       myParam            =   'foo'
+    * header      transaction-id     =   'test'
+    * cookie      cook               =   'bar'
+    * form field  username           =   'john'